Clark Hill Attorney Joseph B. Urban to Present "Avoiding the Potholes When the Roadshow Comes to Town"
BIRMINGHAM, MI
– Clark Hill attorney Joseph B. Urban will team with Ionia Intermediate School District Superintendent Michael Keast to present “Avoiding the Potholes When the Roadshow Comes to Town” at the Michigan Association of School Board’s conference,
Taking the Labor Out of Labor Relations
on February 11, 2011. Joe and Mike will guide administrators and board of education members on what to expect from presentations being sponsored in school districts throughout the state by union economists. They will also counsel on how to prepare for and respond to these presentations. Joe and Mike will provide practical advice on how to anticipate the “Roadshow” and lay a framework for positive dialogue among stakeholders regarding school finance before and during the negotiations process.
Joseph B. Urban
is a member in Clark Hill’s Birmingham office, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of municipal finance, education law, and real estate law.
Joe routinely represents school employers in the areas of collective bargaining, grievances and arbitration, unfair labor practices, wrongful discharge and the day-to-day matters arising in personnel administration.
With respect to education law, Joe regularly counsels school districts and public school academies in the operational issues involved in administering educational organizations, including compliance with the Revised School Code, the Open Meetings Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and other laws governing public bodies.
Joe has represented Michigan school district and municipal clients, as well as private entities providing financing to these organizations for over a decade. He has extensive experience in municipal and school finance, regularly serving as bond and underwriter’s counsel for school districts, public school academies, and other governmental units as well as counseling them in the acquisition and disposition of real property and the design and implementation of deficit elimination plans.
Joe is an adjunct professor at Oakland University’s School of Education and Professional Development.